Watch-bow fastener



(No Model.)

0. JOHANSON. WATCH Bow FASTBNBR.

Patented Deu. 8, 1891.

A TTOHNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oLor JonANsoN, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNoR To rnE KEYs'roNn WATCH CASECOMPANY, OE PENNSYLVANIA.

WATCH-BOW FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,743, dated December8, 1891.

Application filed September 6, 1889. Serial No. 323,118. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: in Fig. 3, and the bow having been adjusted,

Be it known that I, OLOF JOHANsoN, of the as represented in thedrawings, locking keys city of New York, in the county and State of orpins l5 are passed down through the pend- New York,have inventedanew andImproved ant bores, a portion of the key-bodies resting 5 lVateh-Bow andFastener, of which the folin the bowgrooves l2, the arrangement being 55lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. such that while the bowmay be freely turned rlhis invention relates to watch-bows and upon itsconnection with the pendant the posfasteners, the object being toprevent the acsibility of accidental displacement is avoided. eidentaldisplacement of the bow 5 and to the Instead of forming but two boreslet, as repro end named it consists, essentially, of a watchresented inFig. 3, I might under certain cir- 6o bow formed with inwardly-bent endsections, cumstances form other bores 14. but such the axes of saidsections being in substanbores la would not ordinarily be required.tially the same line, the ends ot the bow be- By fastening the watch-bow as above set ing formed with annular grooves, and the forth it isimpossible for a thief or pick- 15 pendant in connection with which thebow is pocket to twist the watch from the bow, and 65 to be employedbeing bored so as to form rehence the danger of thus losing a watch iscesses. that are complementary to the bowmaterially decreased. grooves,the bow-grooves and the pendant-relVhile I prefer the details which havebeen cesses being arranged to receive keys or lockshown, I do not limitmyself to them, as it is zo ing-pins, all as will be hereinafter morefully apparent that they may be modified without 7o explained, andpointed out in the claims. departing; from the invention, the essentialThe, grooves upon the ends of the bow form feature of which is thefastening of the end heads upon the extremities thereof within of thebow into the pendant by means of an which the locking devices fit orextend, so independent fastening device which engages z5 as to preventthe ends of the bow from bethe end of the bow within the head upon the75 ing withdrawn through the apertures of the extremity thereof.pendant. Having thus described my invention, I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters drawings, forming a part of this specification,Patent*- 3o in which similar gures of reference indicate l. rlhecombination, with a pendant, of a 8o Corresponding parts in all theviews. watelrcase having journal holes or recesses for Figure l is aside view of awatch embodythe ends of the bow, a bow having its ends ingmy invention, the pendant being shown formed with annular grooves andreceived in in section. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the recessesor holes in the pendant, and two 3 5 the pendant and bow, the watch-casebeing parallel pins or screws for each bow and car- 85 shown in fulllines. Fig. 3 is aview wherein rled by the body of the pendant andextendthe pendant is shown in section on line meot ing down into andupon opposite sides of thev Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of amodiannular grooves in each end of the pendant. fied Construction, .2.The combination of a watch-case pend- 4o In the drawings, l0 representsa watclrbow ant having journal holes or recesses for the 9o that isformed with inwardly-bent end secends of the bow,a bowhaving its endsformed tions l1, the axes of said sections ll being in with annulargrooves and received within said substantially the same line. Near theends recesses or holes in the pendant, and two ping of the bow l0 I formannular grooves l2. or screws for each end of the bow carried by 4 5 Thebow above described .is designed to tit the body of the pendant andextending tan- 9 5 in proper apertures formed 1n a pendant 13, gentiallyinto the groove of the bow end on the body of this pendant being boredto form opposite sides thereof, whereby each of said recesses 14, thatare complementary to the bow ends is supported upon two sides.bow-grooves l2. Two of these bores 14. may 3. A watch-bow fasteningdevice consisting 5o be formed upon opposite sides, as represented of apendant provided with apertures for the 10o ends of the bow and providedwith bores through the metal of the pendant opening into said apertures,a bow having its ends formed with annular recesses and received in theapertures of the pendant, and keys or locking-pins arranged within thebores of the pendant and extending into the grooves of the b oW.

4. A Watch-bow fastener consisting of a pendant formed with apertures toreceive the ends of the bow, a bou having its ends received in theapertures of the pendant and provided with annular recesses or grooves,and a pin for each end of the bow projecting down through the metal ofthe pendant from OLOF JOIIANSON. Witnesses: v

EDWARD KENT, Jr., C. SEDGWIOK.

